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The Fermanagh author Shane Connaughton is the son of a guard and in his novel “Married Quarters” he visits familiar territory to tell the story of a young boy growing up in a garda barracks in rural Ireland. Today the author chats about depicting this 1950’s Ireland, a time of slow but sure modernisation, with tractors replacing horses, tv aerials appearing on newly-slated roofs and women becoming more independent and moving beyond their traditionally subservient roles.

RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 22 May, 7pm